1 C orinthians 119 Called out of Corinth Religious pluralism alone was valid Emperor Cult Called out of Corinth Religious pluralism alone was valid Wealth always won Corinth Lechaeum Cenchreae ID: 591909
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Called out of Corinth
1
C
orinthians 1:1-9Slide2Slide3
Called out of Corinth
Religious pluralism alone was validSlide4Slide5
Emperor CultSlide6
Called out of Corinth
Religious pluralism alone was valid
Wealth always wonSlide7Slide8Slide9Slide10
Corinth
Lechaeum
CenchreaeSlide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15
Called out of Corinth
Religious pluralism alone was valid
Wealth always won
Personal pleasure was not to be denied
Strabo
“Not for every man is the voyage to Corinth.”Slide16
Called out of Corinth
Religious pluralism alone was valid
Wealth always won
Personal pleasure was not to be denied
1 Corinthians 15:32
If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” (Isaiah 22:13)Slide17
Called out of Corinth
Religious pluralism alone was valid
Wealth always won
Personal pleasure was not to be denied
Individual value was derived from statusSlide18
Called out of Corinth
Gordon Fee
“The
problem was not that the church was in Corinth but that too much of Corinth was in the
church.”Slide19
Go against the flow of culture
Because you belong to God
Because you are rich in ChristSlide20
Go against the flow of culture
Because you belong to God
“Called”
John
17:14–16
“...they
are not of the world, just as I am not of the world
. I
do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
They
are not of the world, just as I am not of the world
.”Slide21
Go against the flow of culture
Because you belong to God
“Called”
“Saints”
1 Corinthians 6:11
Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. Slide22
Go against the flow of culture
Because you belong to God
“Called”
“Saints”
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. Slide23
Go against the flow of culture
Because you belong to God
Because you are rich in ChristSlide24
application
Do you look more like Christ or the culture surrounding you?
Are you willing to move upstream alone?Slide25
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